Pale Flowers (Valspar 4008-5A)
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Pale Flowers (Valspar 4008-5A) is a light, cool blue from Valspar: LRV 66, so it reflects about 66 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Pale Flowers
Four Valspar colors picked for Pale Flowers by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper blue, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Valspar did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Pale Flowers, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Balmy | SW 6512 | 66 | 1.4 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Bright and Early | 834 | 66.3 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Distant Shore | S500-1 | 66.1 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Magic Wand | 1158-2 | 67 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar blue colors nearest to Pale Flowers (LRV 66) by LRV.
Lighter than Pale Flowers
Darker than Pale Flowers
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 4008-5A |
| Hex | #C2D8E1 |
| RGB | 194, 216, 225 |
| HSL | 197°, 34%, 82% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 66 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 85.0, -5.5, -6.9 |
| Undertone | Cool |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Pale Flowers (Valspar 4008-5A), published as #C2D8E1
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Pale Flowers (Valspar 4008-5A)?
- Pale Flowers has an LRV of 66. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Pale Flowers is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Pale Flowers in another brand?
- Bright and Early (BM 834) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.4 (indistinguishable).
- Is Pale Flowers warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Pale Flowers as cool, with a Cool undertone. Its Lab b* value is -6.9; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.